Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
IGOR STRAVINSKYIs it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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I am an inventor of music.
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What force is more potent than love?
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The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.
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Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.
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